Re: If you could receive only one free full bottle Amouage men's fragrance, which one would you take

Originally Posted by dnc

XXV for me.

Surprised Epic is so low down there? Would it be many people's second choice?

If the question was which Amouage of those you don't own, my choice would be Memoir (still undecided if it's a FBW purchase for me)

+1 I don't get Memoir either. Very sharp and green is all I get from Memoir. No character to it at all. On the otherhand, Gold is loaded with rich character stuck in the bottle just ready to be unleashed!

Re: If you could receive only one free full bottle Amouage men's fragrance, which one would you take

I almost went with Ceil as I don't have it and it's on the buy list for summer. However, the debate was between Memoir and Jube XXV based on which bottle I'll run out of first and that would be Memoir.

Re: If you could receive only one free full bottle Amouage men's fragrance, which one would you take

The really good ones in my opinion are Silver which is a very high quality daily wear, Dia man which is superb, a bit more formal,Gold man which is flamboyant ott genius. I like ciel man too.
I find the later ones by different perfumers to all have a slightly lesser quality of ingredients and composition. They seemed to switch to using more pre composed base accords. Still damn good though and much better than almost everything else out there.
The particular frankincense they use is sublime.

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Re: If you could receive only one free full bottle Amouage men's fragrance, which one would you take

Originally Posted by hirch_duckfinder

The really good ones in my opinion are Silver which is a very high quality daily wear, Dia man which is superb, a bit more formal,Gold man which is flamboyant ott genius. I like ciel man too.
I find the later ones by different perfumers to all have a slightly lesser quality of ingredients and composition. They seemed to switch to using more pre composed base accords. Still damn good though and much better than almost everything else out there.
The particular frankincense they use is sublime.

Ciel is, IMO, majorly misunderstood and underrated. I've found most of these older Amouages to require some time and patience to unlock. I hated Gold Men the first time I smelled it...and many times after. Eventually, I found myself coming to grips with it, and then, finally, seeing some genius in it. The frankincense in these older fragrances is incredible.

I agree with Hirch that the newer ones seem a little more "generic" than the older ones. It's as if they've taken a step in the direction of designer fragrance major releases.